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25 Modern Classics That’ll Actually Wreck You (In the Best Way)

25 modern classic books that belong on every reading list, from gut-punch literary fiction to genre-bending thrillers. Cormac McCarthy, Zadie Smith, Gillian Flynn, and more. These aren't dusty assignments, they're the books people are still talking about. Here's your no-BS guide to what's actually worth reading.

https://findsbydavidblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/25-modern-classics-thatll-actually-wreck-you-in-the-best-way/

Culture | The Guardian US Oct 15

Artists plan nationwide US protests against Trump and ‘authoritarian forces’ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/oct/15/trump-artist-protest-fall-of-freedom #MichaelMoore #JenniferEgan #AmandaPalmer #Artanddesign #LynnNottage #AvaDuVernay #DonaldTrump #Culture #Protest #USnews #Books #Art

Artists plan nationwide US protests against Trump and ‘authoritarian forces’

Michael Moore, Lynn Nottage, Ava DuVernay and Amanda Palmer will take part in an event series to ‘unite in defiance’

The Guardian

マリオ (Mario Menti)Oct 26, 2023

I think Jennifer Egan was already one of my top 5 (at least) favourite authors of all time, but "The Candy House" is just breathtakingly brilliant. The imagination behind this book is amazing - it's madly inventive, surprising, covering a huge breadth of experiences, but most of all it's enormous fun.
This highlighted sentence relates to the music business, but of course is not limited to it.
#JenniferEgan #TheCandyHouse

マリオ (Mario Menti)Oct 23, 2023

Finally getting around to Jennifer Egan's latest, "The Candy House", a sort-of sequel to "A Visit From the Goon Squad", but set in tech rather than music circles, centering around authenticity, memory, and the allure of new technology.
And it's already (unsurprisingly) brilliant, who else comes up with a term like "word casing"!

#JenniferEgan #TheCandyHouse

Maureen Aug 20, 2023

#finishedReading Jennifer Egan's The Candy House. Do I know what it is about, apart from what a reviewer has said: riffs on memory, authenticity and the allure of new technology. No. Did I really like reading it? Yes, it kept pulling me through so that I was surprised how quickly I got to the end.
#bookstodon #JenniferEgan

Angelique Sophia Jul 4, 2023

#SongsBooksOrShowsAboutBeans
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"A Visit from the Garbanzo Squad"
By Jennifer Egan

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RanaldClouston Jun 14, 2023

#FinishedReading it's been more than a decade between A Visit From the Goon Squad and its sequel, so my memory is a bit vague on the characters that connect them, but this set of interlinked short stories, told in a variety of voices and styles, stands up well on its own. #Bookstodon #JenniferEgan